The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) does not keep separate records of the number of police officers or accountants that it employs. Both police officers and accountants can work in the capacity of financial investigators at the SFO. On 18 July 2008, the following numbers of staff by category specified was as follows:
Job role Number of staff Proportion of total staff1 (percentage) Investigators 117 39 Lawyers 58 19 1 Based on 299 permanent members of staff in post on 18 July 2008.
On 31 December 2007, the following numbers of staff by category specified was as follows:
Job role Number of staff Proportion of total staff1 (percentage) Investigators 118 39 Lawyers 58 19 1 Based on 300 permanent members of staff in post on 31 December 2007.